Richard Shelby actually said...

"What I deem conflicts of interest, the Federal Government is now the principal labor, environmental, and safety regulator..."

"If I could answer that, there is a HUD investigation going on, as I understand it from staff, dealing with the RESPA and some of the companies."

"We, the taxpayer, the government, is in big time."

"Getting out of the automobile industry by the U.S. Government yesterday would not be soon enough for me."